2018 NFL Draft First Round Signing Tracker

I can't say this enough. The 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement brought sanity to the signing of rookies. The wage slotting based on draft position has made negotiations a breeze. Other than a few details each rookie's first NFL contract was determined the moment he was drafted. In the pre-CBA days teams often didn't start negotiating rookie contracts until July. Now, nearly all of those negotiations are done by July. The Philadelphia Eagles have signed their entire rookie class. It helped that there are only five players in that rookie class and that none was a first round pick. It's still impressive to have that chore complete in early May. The Minnesota Vikings had seven of their eight draft picks signed before the draft was a week old. Their first round pick, cornerback Mike Hughes, is their only unsigned rookie. I imagine that next week's first full-team OTA is the team's hoped-for deadline for the completion of that negotiation. It's a great new rookie negotiation world. An indication is a tracker of the 2018 NFL Draft first round signings.

1.   Cleveland Browns-Baker Mayfield, QB, Oklahoma
2.   New York Giants-Saquon Barkley, RB, Penn State
3.   New York Jets-Sam Darnold, QB, USC
4.   Cleveland Browns-Denzel Ward, CB, Ohio State
5.   Denver Broncos-Bradley Chubb, DE, North Carolina State
6.   Indianapolis Colts-Quenton Nelson, G, Notre Dame-Signed
7.   Buffalo Bills-Josh Allen, QB, Wyoming
8.   Chicago Bears-Roquan Smith, LB, Georgia
9.   San Francisco 49ers-Mike McGlinchey, OT, Notre Dame
10. Arizona Cardinals-Josh Rosen, QB, UCLA-Signed
11. Miami Dolphins-Minkah Fitzpatrick, S, Alabama
12. Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Vita Vea, DT, Washington
13. Washington Redskins-Da'Ron Payne, DT, Alabama-Signed
14. New Orleans Saints-Marcus Davenport, DE, UTSA-Signed
15. Oakland Raiders-Kolton Miller, OT, UCLA
16. Buffalo Bills-Tremaine Edmunds, LB, Virginia Tech-Signed
17. Los Angeles Chargers-Derwin James, S, Florida State
18. Green Bay Packers-Jaire Alexander, CB, Louisville
19. Dallas Cowboys-Leighton Vander Esch, LB, Boise State-Signed
20. Detroit Lions-Frank Ragnow, C/G, Arkansas-Signed
21. Cincinnati Bengals-Billy Price, G, Ohio State
22. Tennessee Titans-Rashaan Evans, LB, Alabama
23. New England Patriots-Isaiah Wynn, G/T, Georgia
24. Carolina Panthers-DJ Moore, WR, Maryland
25. Baltimore Ravens-Hayden Hurst, TE, South Carolina
26. Atlanta Falcons-Calvin Ridley, WR, Alabama
27. Seattle Seahawks-Rashaad Penny, RB, San Diego State
28. Pittsburgh Steelers-Terrell Edmonds, S, Virginia Tech
29. Jacksonville Jaguars-Taven Bryan, DT, Florida
30. Minnesota Vikings-Mike Hughes, CB, Central Florida
31. New England Patriots-Sony Michel, RB, Georgia
32. Baltimore Ravens-Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville

Two of the Top-10 and seven of the first round picks are signed. Pre-2011 CBA, those would be impressive totals for the middle of July.